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Body Alpine Humane Society Pet of the Week is Sissy, an energetic people pleaser who is ready to find her lifelong adventure companion. Sissy is young and playful, and could play fetch with you for hours. She’s a high energy girl, but well-mannered on a leash, and listens well.

Body April 15, 1976 Veterans of Foreign Wars Commander Charles E. Wade presents a flag to Brewster County Judge Sam Thomas recently.

Body Dear Neil: I love to grow spices, but my apartment balcony faces the hot western sun. Plants wilt every day, and they don’t do very well.

Body The Chihuahuan Desert Research Institute will welcome author, biologist, and naturalist James Cornett to the Crowley Theater Marfa on Thursday, April 14, at 7 p.m. Cornett will present “Can’t Live Without You: Hummingbirds and Ocotillos.”

Body On March 28 at 4:20 p.m., Big Bend National Park’s Communications Center received a call requesting emergency assistance on the Hot Springs Canyon Trail. Rangers responding to the scene found a 53-year-old female hiker in medical distress.

Body On April 4 in front of the Brewster County Courthouse, Brewster County deputies, Alpine Police Department officers, and county and city employees took part in a siren ceremony to kick off Child Abuse Prevention Month.

Body What are you especially looking forward to in your senior year? I am looking forward to basketball season and the county stock show. What activities are you involved in during your senior year?

Body The City of Alpine held its regularly scheduled city council meeting on April 5, and a proposed EMS contract update and a controversial gas rate were some of the issues discussed.

Body Although voters are already aware of separate city and school board elections coming up on May 7, many may not be aware of two Texas constitutional amendments being presented on yet another ballot.

Body Scouts of Trail Life Troop TX 0040 from Holy Cross Anglican Church of Alpine are excited to show off their newly acquired Adopt-a-Highway sign just east of town on U.S. Highway 90.